[26.02.08] Afghanistan: Key Challenges
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, in cooperation with the Embassy of Afghanistan, has the great pleasure of inviting you to
Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta and NUPI Director Jan Egeland in dialogue on key challenges for Afghanistan
Please notify your participation no later than 25 February.
Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta has been Minister of Foreign Affairs in Afghanistan since 2 May, 2006. In the mid-1970s, Dr. Spanta took a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations in Turkey. In the wake of the Soviet invasion of his native Afghanistan, he settled in Germany in 1982. Foreign Minister Spanta earned a Master’s degree in Political Science, Sociology and International Relations and a PhD from Aachen University in Political Science where he was a professor from 1992 to 2005. In January 2005, Dr. Spanta returned to teach at Kabul University and later became advisor on foreign affairs to President Hamid Karzai.
Programme
1200–1300
• The Foreign Minister will be introduced by Jan Egeland, Director, NUPI
• Dialogue on key challenges for Afghanistan
• Questions and answers
We would welcome your attendance.